Chepstow and The First Hurdle Guesthouse, are both ideally placed as a base for touring South Wales, The Wye & Usk Valley, Forest of Dean and the Gower Coast. Chepstow is also an ideal location for visitors to the St Pierre Golf Course, Chepstow Race Course and just over a 30 minute drive to the Welsh capital at Cardiff. Below we list just some of the local and close by attractions for visitors to Chepstow.

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Cwmcarn Forest Drive
This spectacular 7 mile forest drive offers breath-taking panoramic views with seven car parks where visitors can stop for a walk or go cycling, have a ...

Fonmon Castle
Castle dating from the 12th Century still occupied as a family home. Georgian rococo interiors house an important collection antique paintings, bo...

Dyffryn Gardens and Arboretum
Delightful Edwardian gardens with stunning garden rooms, tree collections and statuary, set in the heart of the Vale of Glamorgan, currently being resto...

National Museum Cardiff
History, science and the arts at your fingertips - the National Museum & Gallery really captures your imagination. Admire world-famous works of art, or...

Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery
Social history museum and contemporary arts and crafts gallery with changing exhibition programme. Cafe and shop specialising in design-led jewellery, c...

Castell Coch
Castle Coch is the ultimate fairytale castle, a rich feast of decoration, detail and allusion. Its conical towers and needle sharp turrets peek out from...

Festival Park Factory Shopping Village
Shopping village with over 40 outlets selling top brand names at up to 50% off high street prices. Large restaurant. Free parking and wheelchairs. 70 ac...

Chepstow Castle
Chepstow, a strategic fortress for hundreds of years, demonstrates the changes in medieval military fortification. The castle is unusual among British C...

Cosmeston Lakes Country Park and Medieval Village
Discover an authentic medieval village in 110 hectares of beautiful countryside. Explore meadows, lakes, woodland and wetland and visit the 14th ...

National Waterfront Museum
Landmark attraction in Swansea's maritime quarter will tell Wales' story of industry and innovation. This exci...

Chepstow Museum
Attractive displays focus on the fascinating history of Chepstow and its people; fine collection of 18th and 19th century local views; activities and qu...

Gower Heritage Centre
Historic 800 year old water powered corn mill. Saw mill complex together with craft workshops; large tearooms; children's puppet theatre; pottery; willo...

Tredegar House and Park
Set in ninety acres of award-winning gardens and parkland, Tredegar House is one of the finest examples of restoration architecture in Wales, and was th...

14 Locks Canal Centre
14 Locks is located on the Monmouthshire Canal just outside Newport. The Interpretation Centre traces the growth and decline of the Canal. Picnic areas, wa...

Pit Pony Sanctuary
Come and meet the 25+ horses, ponies and retired pit ponies. Enjoy spectacular panoramic views, Jacob sheep, free ranging poultry and the wildlife that ...

Llancaiach Fawr Manor
Step back in time to 1645 to meet Colonel Prichard’s servants of the household. Listen to the tales, customs and gossip of the 17th century as you tour ...

Caerphilly Castle
Vastly impressive, Caerphilly is much the biggest castle in Wales. The ingenuity of its fortifications, above all the scale of its water defences is sca...

Cantref Adventure Farm & Riding Centre
Cantref Adventure Farm & Riding Centre. Award winning family attraction. Live show every half an hour, tractor and trailer rides, pony rides, huge indo...

Newport Museum & Art Gallery
The Museum houses fascinating displays depicting local history, the natural sciences and archaeology. The collections from the Roman town of Caer...

St Fagans Natural History Museum
Step back in time and experience centuries of Welsh history gathered together in acres of beautiful countryside at the Museum of Welsh Life, one of Euro...

Flat Holm Island
Unusual day out on this island nature reserve in the Bristol Channel. Flat Holm has a long and diverse history. Farmed for seven hundred years, it...

Tintern Abbey
Travellers have been flocking to the river bank in the wooded Wye Valley for hundreds of years to admire Tintern's grace and sublime beauty. The appeal ...

Big Pit: National Coal Museum
Go 300ft underground and see the hidden world of the miner on a real underground tour. Also visit the new Museum exhibitions and visit a modern mine with o...

Sirhowy Ironworks
Recently restored and conserved ironworks are a rare survivor of the heyday of the Iron Indstry in Georgian Wales, Sirhowy Ironworks, Tredegar – the lit...

Abbey Mill Valley Centre
Arts, Crafts and Gifts, Local Welsh British and Around The World. 1 Site. 5 Shops. 7 days. Coffee Shop, Restaurant, Local Food, Famous ‘Mill Wheel’ Teacake...

Raglan Castle
Raglan remains the finest late medieval fortress in Britain and survived one of the longest sieges of the Civil War. Raglan was built on the site of a s...

Abergavenny Museum and Castle
Abergavenny Museum is situated within the grounds of a Norman castle. Our displays tell the story of Abergavenny's historic market town and its surround...

Llanerch Vineyard
Visit the largest vineyard in Wales producing the award winning, estate grown 'Cariad' Welsh wines. Take the vineyard trail, tour the estate and taste t...

Dan-yr-Ogof - National Showcaves Centre for Wales
Be prepared to be amazed when you step back in time at Wales' top award winning family attraction. A day out that opens up a world of mystery, dis...

Cardiff Castle
Discover 2000 years of history in the heart of the city. From the arrival of the Romans, through the Norman conquest to lavish Victorian design - all ha...

Caldicot Castle & Country Park
Visit Caldicot's magnificent medieval castle set in fifty-five acres of beautiful parkland. Enjoy an audio tour, hands-on activities, gardens & grou...

Craig y Nos Castle
Reputedly haunted, Craig-y-Nos Castle is the jewel in the crown of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Licensed for weddings, its Grade One listed Opera Hous...

Parc Bryn Bach
400 acres of woodlands, lakes and pasture with picnic areas, adventure playground, orienteering courses, caravan and campsite, fishing, waterskiing, win...

Nelson Museum & Local History Centre
A magnificent collection about the famous admiral, Horatio Nelson. Learn about his life, loves, death and commemoration in one of the world's major Nels...

Roman Legionary Museum
Step back in time at the Roman Legionary Museum in Caerleon.

.Rhondda Heritage Park
Based at the former Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Trehafod, Rhondda Heritage Park is a living testament to the mining communities of the World famous Rhondda Val...

Greenmeadow Community Farm
A great day out for all the family. Milking demonstration, tractor and trailer rides, adventure playground, farm and nature trails, sand pit, pets corne...

Techniquest
Techniqest Science Discovery Centre in Cardiff Bay has over 150 hands-on exhibits to keep the whole family entertained.